| Arrest Records: The first is by calling the government | | | | court proceedings. For instance, these documents may |
| agency that holds the record you seek and asking if | | | | be asked for to aid in proper sentencing (i.e., checking if |
| they can make you a copy. More often than not, | | | | the accused has prior misdemeanors). Several counts |
| employers will request for your arrest records before | | | | on arrest documents could prove to be highly |
| they decide to hire you. Actually, your potential | | | | detrimental for you since a judge or jury is highly |
| employer has the right to ask you about pending | | | | unlikely to let you off with a light sentence once they |
| convictions at the time of your job application, but | | | | see that you have a tendency for disobeying the law.. |
| cannot ask you about arrests that have not lead to | | | | You could do a background check on a child care |
| convictions. | | | | provider before trusting your children to his or her care. |
| Another reason why arrest records are acquired is for | | | | |